Ravens picked up Dallas Clark

[mcro_rave_2001]

C'mon... I think we could win 4 without Brady. (Mallet looks like the same preseason Donkey that Cassell was)

that was my way of telling that troll to shut the fuck up.

 

[JDM]

that was my way of telling that troll to shut the fuck up.

You're an idiot. You go talking about how boldin is easy to replace when after ray Lewis and joe flacco he was the third most valuable player on your team last year. And ray Lewis's on-field performance was embarrassing, so talent wise the replacement is an upgrade.

 

[RonBorges]

Because he is minimizing what boldin did. He was your best receiver by a long shot, and he is acting like the guy's a scrub.

Boldin is/was a beast. Wish he was on the Pats. There is a reason why Johns sent Boldin packing to Jim for a 5th round pick. Get him the hell out of the AFC !

 

[Money]

Because he is minimizing what boldin did. He was your best receiver by a long shot, and he is acting like the guy's a scrub.

Torrey Smith was/is our best receiver. Boldin will be missed, but the Ravens overall roster improved with his departure.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

You're an idiot. You go talking about how boldin is easy to replace when after ray Lewis and joe flacco he was the third most valuable player on your team last year. And ray Lewis's on-field performance was embarrassing, so talent wise the replacement is an upgrade.

we are not signing Clark or Stokely to replace Boldin, we have younger, cheaper, and faster talent that will replace Boldin. Not even sure why you brought up Boldin other than to troll.

 

[JDM]

Torrey Smith was/is our best receiver. Boldin will be missed, but the Ravens overall roster improved with his departure.

Torrey smith can't carry the same load boldin did. You can't just throw it in his direction under pressure and know he is going to catch it. Torrey's more dynamic but you still put your number one guy on boldin with both on the field.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

Torrey Smith was/is our best receiver. Boldin will be missed, but the Ravens overall roster improved with his departure.

yep, Smith was the Ravens best WR last year.

 

[JDM]

we are not signing Clark or Stokely to replace Boldin, we have younger, cheaper, and faster talent that will replace Boldin. Not even sure why you brought up Boldin other than to troll.

For exactly the reason I said. It wasn't complicated.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

Torrey smith can't carry the same load boldin did. You can't just throw it in his direction under pressure and know he is going to catch it. Torrey's more dynamic but you still put your number one guy on boldin with both on the field.

Not a good idea to do that with any WR yet alone Boldin...if you think throwing jump balls is the key to winning games well than you're dumber than i thought.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

For exactly the reason I said. It wasn't complicated.

Troll troll troll your boat.

 

[JDM]

Not a good idea to do that with any WR yet alone Boldin...if you think throwing jump balls is the key to winning games well than you're dumber than i thought.

Troll troll troll your boat.

Really? I'm the troll here?

It's not about throwing jump balls winning games. It's about reliability. You put a lot of hope on pitta by letting boldin go and when he got hurt you're making moves that seem needy.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

Really? I'm the troll here?

It's not about throwing jump balls winning games. It's about reliability. You put a lot of hope on pitta by letting boldin go and when he got hurt you're making moves that seem needy.

we didn't put any more hope in Pitta than any other team does with their starting TE. Aren't the Pats in the same spot?

 

[JDM]

How so? We didn't add anyone this late. We have had a plan in place and had the same people expected to make the roster since the draft, with the exception of Thompkins breaking out. Pitta was the guy who would have taken the load, and these moves now feel desperate.

 

[cdumler7]

Not a good idea to do that with any WR yet alone Boldin...if you think throwing jump balls is the key to winning games well than you're dumber than i thought.

It is not a good idea to expect jump balls to always win games but it was obvious last year when Flacco felt pressure he would throw it to Bolden or Pitta as they were his safety blanket. Now that both of those are gone I am having a hard time seeing anybody on the roster that can replace what those 2 gave Flacco.

Torrey Smith is the number 1 receiver but he doesn't offer that kind of playmaking ability. He has big play ability but he is not an over the middle or a jump ball when you need somebody to make a catch kind of guy. He is a speed guy with very little else to offer. It is usually not a good sign when you number 1 receiver is targeted over a hundred times throughout the season yet can't catch half the passes thrown his way.

Also this young talent that you are talking about to replace Boldin seems to not be cutting it. IF they were why then go out and sign Clark and Stokley this late into training camp. Obviously they have not stepped up like the coaching staff thought. To ignore this fact is just homerism shining through.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

How so? We didn't add anyone this late. We have had a plan in place and had the same people expected to make the roster since the draft, with the exception of Thompkins breaking out. Pitta was the guy who would have taken the load, and these moves now feel desperate.

Gronk and Hernandez, Pats lost both of their TE's just like the Ravens.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

It is not a good idea to expect jump balls to always win games but it was obvious last year when Flacco felt pressure he would throw it to Bolden or Pitta as they were his safety blanket. Now that both of those are gone I am having a hard time seeing anybody on the roster that can replace what those 2 gave Flacco.

Torrey Smith is the number 1 receiver but he doesn't offer that kind of playmaking ability. He has big play ability but he is not an over the middle or a jump ball when you need somebody to make a catch kind of guy. He is a speed guy with very little else to offer. It is usually not a good sign when you number 1 receiver is targeted over a hundred times throughout the season yet can't catch half the passes thrown his way.

Also this young talent that you are talking about to replace Boldin seems to not be cutting it. IF they were why then go out and sign Clark and Stokley this late into training camp. Obviously they have not stepped up like the coaching staff thought. To ignore this fact is just homerism shining through.

I'm not saying that losing Pitta didn't hurt but Boldin is different, Boldin wasn't Joe's go to guy, because Joe had to throw jump balls or make a perfect pass. It's part of the reason why Boldin didn't have that many catches and only 4 TD's

 

[cdumler7]

Gronk and Hernandez, Pats lost both of their TE's just like the Ravens.

Gronk isn't gone for the whole year like Pitta and the Patriots actually used the draft to try and bring in some talent for the WR position. They actually did some things to try and help the passing game.

 

[JDM]

Gronk and Hernandez, Pats lost both of their TE's just like the Ravens.

Gronk will be back, and the playoffs is all that we need him for. Hernandez was good, but has been effectively replaced.

 

[cdumler7]

I'm not saying that losing Pitta didn't hurt but Boldin is different, Boldin wasn't Joe's go to guy, because Joe had to throw jump balls or make a perfect pass. It's part of the reason why Boldin didn't have that many catches and only 4 TD's

Boldin lead the team in Targets, yards, and catches so how was he not Flacco's go to guy? Yes he only had 4 touchdown catches but Flacco only threw 22 during the regular season so that is still around 20% of his touchdown passes. Come on man at least stop ignoring the facts.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

Gronk isn't gone for the whole year like Pitta and the Patriots actually used the draft to try and bring in some talent for the WR position. They actually did some things to try and help the passing game.

Just like Dickson isn't gone the entire year and the Ravens had plenty of WR's on the team to step up so that wasn't one of concerns on draft day. in fact the Ravens passed up a WR to get Matt Elam to replace Ed Reed. The Ravens lost their pass catching TE when Pitta went down, and they were expecting Dickson to step in and fill that role and now that he is hurt, we had to go try and find a cheap option and Clark was that choice, because he is a good pass catching TE.